Luna de fuego: July will be the longest eclipse of the century – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

This year, the world will experience the longest eclipse of the 21st century, a natural phenomenon that will occur in July and can be seen, depending on the location, in its entirety.

It is a total eclipse in which the earth will be aligned between the sun and the moon, which is in its full phase.

This natural phenomenon will be presented on the night of Friday 27 and early morning of Saturday 28 July. It will have the peculiarity of being the longest of the last 100 years because, although the total phase can be enjoyed for an hour and 43 minutes, the entire eclipse will last about four hours.

Meanwhile the earth eclipses the sunlight and the only rays that cross the Earth's atmosphere will make the moon turn an intense orange or reddish color, paying homage to the name of "moon of fire "or" blood moon ".

Throughout the phenomenon the moon will lose its brightness until it is completely dark and later it will start to appear orange. This eclipse will also become longer since the moon will take to cross the Earth's shadow as it will be further away along its orbit.

In this phenomenon the moon will also be a little smaller in the sky, something that causes a sensation in people, as well as during the presentation of the "supermoon", in which it was observed larger.

The "moon of fire" will be visible in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. In South America, only the final stages will be visible.

In Argentina, his "total maximum" start will be given at 17:22. Although the entire process, from the prenumbral beginning to the end, will start at 2:15 pm and end at 8:20 pm. However, this will happen with a low altitude of the Moon (-9 degrees), which will not be very obvious.